Author: Christian Schmidt Date: To: Exim-users Subject: Re: [Exim] possible: testing before installation of upgrade?
Hallo Jonathan,
Jonathan Vanasco, 07.01.2004 (d.m.y):
> I've compiled exim 4.30 w/sa-exim and exiscan patches -- with no error
> currently, i have exim 4.23 w/sa-exim and exiscan running
>
> i'd like to find some way to test the 4.30 build before installing --
> to make sure that i didn't mess up and configuration variable
>
> is there any way to do this? perhaps specify an alt destination dir in
> Local/Makefile or "make install" and run 4.3 in testing mode
> concurrently?
IMO that should work, but you should make sure that your "test-exim"
does _not_ try to bind to port 25.
In addition, I would recommend to define another spool and log
directory.
